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India's Bollywood counts costs as star fees squeeze profits
India's Bollywood counts costs as star fees squeeze profits
by  AFP

From fleets of private trailers to personal chefs and sprawling entourages, Bollywood stars' "obnoxious" demands are driving up production costs and putting a strain on the Indian film industry's finances, insiders say. "The kind of demands stars make is obnoxious."

As US battles China on AI, some companies choose Chinese
As US battles China on AI, some companies choose Chinese
by  AFP

Even as the United States is embarked on a bitter rivalry with China over the deployment of artificial intelligence, Chinese technology is quietly making inroads into the US market. It was also a reckoning for the United States -- locked in a battle for dominance in AI tech with China -- on how far its archrival had come.

Macron, on UAE visit, announces new French aircraft carrier
Macron, on UAE visit, announces new French aircraft carrier
by  AFP

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday he had given the official go-ahead to replace his country's flagship, the nuclear-powered Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier. Also nuclear-powered, the new carrier will be far larger than the current flagship.

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